5000 Series User’s Manual
GEK-99044
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margin would effectively add to the space that the host uses to go
from form to form.
In the following illustrations, the application program knows to print
54 lines of data (9 inches at 6 lpi) and then advance the paper 12
lines (2 inches at 6 lpi) before printing the next form. This will
continue until the print job is finished.
Papers, in both examples, were loaded with the perforation at the
alignment pointers of the upper tractors.
Without the offset (Example A), the data printed starts at the first
printable line of the form. The paper should have been loaded with
the perforation 1 inch above the pointers for the desired results.
Example B shows the effect of the special offset (top print ref) on the
print job. The offset (1 inch) was stored in a format description and
paper was loaded with the perforation at the alignment pointers.
EXAMPLE A
EXAMPLE B
